Any prospective Early Decisioners up here? I was wondering if the myth of acceptance boost really exist. For example, AU will boost their acceptance rate from about 30% to 80% if you apply early decision. Also, is it true that theres essentially NO difference at all between early decision 1 and early decision 2??
I submitted my ED I last night! 
I’ve always wondered if there’s a “boost” from the acceptance rate. I think that this theoretical boost comes from the fact that applying ED = Demonstrated Interest, ~but also comes from stronger students tending to apply ED, vs waiting the extra semester. I’d be curious to see the differences in admissions statistics from ED to RD (Avg. GPA, SAT, ACT, etc…) Any insights?
The emoji on my first post looks a bit more “psychotic” than I’d intended… Let’s try this: 
Yea man!, this previous spring break i drove from nc to dc and stopped AU for a quick tour and the tour guide lady gave a presentation and mentioned the rate boost, though I just wanted some more assurance on the veracity of this “boost”. and congrats on ED submission yo! im still debating whether to do AU ED2 or not, and thats only because of the tiny chance I might have at getting into georgetown. (as in if I get into both georgetown and AU then I must attend AU if I applied ED, hence closing my other school options) @thchaffman
@konniiyhuwen No way I’m from NC too (Charlotte)! Personally I really had to weigh my options. I’ve always loved Georgetown, but long term, I truly believe AU would be a better option for me in academia and general student culture. I wish you the best of luck should you decide to pursue GTU!
Thanks for the support man! I’d be equally content whether I got into AU or GT. and since the chances for AU ED are super high, we’ll prob most likely be attending AU next fall. Best Wishes! @thchaffman
Hey I applied ED1 too for the fall 2016 semester
Seriously hope I get in my stats aren’t as good as most of the others! I’m hoping that my essay demonstrated enough interest to get in!
And yeah does it really exist? The boost in acceptance rate?
The results are only out next month on the thirtieth sadly:(
Good luck to all you guyss
cool! yes the boost in rate is more than likely true. @Senior1098
I applied ED 1 also.
Wish you guys all the luck in the world B-)
Can any of you post your stats?
yeah sure! lets exchange stats.
@socksandsandals
[ *] SAT I (breakdown, highest): CR 620 Math 570 writ 570
[ *] ACT: took 4 times: 25, 24, 25, and 29.
[ *] SAT II: US history: 650, pending literature and chinese scores. (fluent in chinese)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20/269 (About top 7% in class)
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): world:3, psych:, apush:3, humanGeo:4, APLang:4 Environ:3 , Pending: US Gov, Comparative Gov, AP Bio, Ap Lit.
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 2 semesters of honors advanced orchestra, two semesters of AP bio, 2 semesters of AP Gov, AP Lit, and standard Russian1. (Also, each saturday I attend a $4000 SAT prep class that is 2 hours drive away, and the class is 10 hours long including a full length SAT test each time)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):3rd place states history day, junior marshal, Governors school, Nat Honors society, Rho Kappa social studies nat honors society, tr i m music hon society, ap scholar with honor. (prob a few more that im missing from this list)
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cheerleading (have been captain), School theater production, anchor club, DECA, Co founder and vice president of asian cultural club, Link crew, Teen court qualified attorney and juror, school fashion show. 7 years of dance experience.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: My family owns restaurants and i experience work life from that.(ie cashier work, bussing tables)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I have 120+ hours.: Library, animal shleter, College summer programs, community garden, food bank, hospice, red cross.
[ *] Summer Activities: National student leadership conference (invited to Defense inteligence agency and went to The pentagon), Governors school (extremely competitive summer program), NC State startalk program, Overseas summer program where I attended a meeting with current president of china and a greeting from jackie chan.
[ *] Essays: Stellar. One about lack of democracy in china, one about governors school summer camp experience, and another describing myself on a wide spectrum. I let 3 different teachers proofread and revise them.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I read and they were pretty great. 3 or 4 paragraphs on both.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Has good image of me so its prob really nice
[ *] Additional Rec:
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[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public high school nationally recognized
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: about 90,000s
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen, URM.
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[ ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.35
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.3
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school doesn’t rank but I’m (Top 6% in class)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: 2 Semesters: AP bio, Calculus Honors, AP Studio-Art, Dual Enrollment English Composition, AP Spanish Literature, Comprehensive Law Honors, Dual Enrollment American Government & Economics, Dual Enrollment Entrepreneurship, and Journalism Honors.
*Dual Enrollment are classes that are taught by college professors, gives college credit.
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cervantes Spanish Essay Award, Outstanding Social Studies Scholar Award, National Honor Society, Silver Knights Award, (2) Outstanding Delegate Awards in MUN, (3) Honorable Mention Awards in MUN, Best Position Paper Award in MUN, Rho Kappa National Honor Society, Best Oral Hearing in the State for Project Citizen, My Law Club team and I amended a Bill in the Florida Senate dealing with the awareness for Child Abuse in our region, Do the Right Thing! (Award).
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming Co-Captain/Captain since 9th Grade, Model United Nations Vice-President, National Honor Society President, Student Council Vice-President, Yearbook Editor/Staff, Project Citizen Captain, Law Club President, Relay for Life Captain, Rho Kappa Vice-President, Debate Team Captain.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: SAME AS YOURS!! --> My family owns restaurants and i experience work life from that.(ie cashier work, bussing tables)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: I have 900+ hours of community service: Relay for Life, National Honor Society, Student Government, Volunteer Walks, Shelters, Tutoring, Internships.
[ *] Summer Activities: Worked on my senior project (Silver Knights) which was to build a greenhouse for my school and obtained a $5000 grant!
[ *] Essays: According to my English professor, they were AMAZING and he almost teared up when reading it.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Both of the teachers I chose were more like family to me so I hope their recommendations were strong. They told me it was a pleasure writing the recs for me.
[ *] Counselor Rec: She’s like a mother to me! I read it and it was great.
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[ *] Applied Early Decision 1
[ *] Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: International Relations
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: public high school
[ *] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Really bad: $30,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen, URM.
I wish you the best!! @konniiyhuwen
Your stats are very strong
@socksandsandals your EC’s are AMAZING and @konniiyhuwen your gpa is good! where I live our schools don’t calculate gpa or rank! I wish they would though cause my rank would be really good like top 20 out of 170+ :(( I’m guessing my high school gpa is around 3.5 
@Senior1098 How are your stats? EC’s, Awards, Test scores if applicable, etc…? I think you can get in through ED 1!
@socksandsandals Well my stats are pretty okay! I live in India and I havent taken the SAT cause applying to American was applying just to try my luck:) I mean if I get in with a scholarship great my parents will send me cause Im an american citizen and it’s not too difficult to live there! my grades were great in the first two years of high school but they went down in the 11th grade and cause I’ve applied ED I can’t send in my finals which i’m expecting really high grades for:( my EC’s aren’t bad though i’ve represented my school at national tournaments twice for table tennis been a part of the district tem and captained my school team for three years. I also feel like my essay and my supplement really do show my interest! fingers crossed:)) good luck to you!
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